2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I agree. That’s why I though the narrative around him was odd.

he goes 'home' to wa then his gf joins him

convenient

9 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

and this is why i think flagmantle can beat the bears - if they win the midfield battle, combatting treacy, nev, voss, dogga swooping around as talls plus switkowski and dudley and bolton as smalls is so, so hard

Freo have the team for sure. They really need to be aiming to finish top 4 this year. Their list doesn’t have any holes.

2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Freo have the team for sure. They really need to be aiming to finish top 4 this year. Their list doesn’t have any holes.

13 games in wa is a massive advantage

10 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Freo have the team for sure. They really need to be aiming to finish top 4 this year. Their list doesn’t have any holes.

You might say the same about Adelaide with Butts not playing this week.

nibbs is so gutsy

nice to hear a bit of lupe fiasco after his goals too

Freo putting on a clinic

Inside 50s 27 to 12

19 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You might say the same about Adelaide with Butts not playing this week.

Your bad pun game has really stepped up the last few weeks. It’s highly entertaining.

Whatever Freo gave us for Jackson, it wasn’t enough

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34 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

13 games in wa is a massive advantage

They’re the new collingwood

Gee Tex spraying his team. Fair enough but gee Fremantle are good

Just now, dees189227 said:

Gee Tex spraying his team. Fair enough but gee Fremantle are good

Ha.. Tex cant be serious giving that spray can he?

Lets see what leadership he showed in that quarter.

Hes a complete pleb

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2 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Gee Tex spraying his team. Fair enough but gee Fremantle are good

Crows have 8 of their best out and their whole defence.

11 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Crows have 8 of their best out and their whole defence.

4-5 of their best out

I’m still another ten years from even thinking about sympathy for the Blues, and twenty for their supporters. That said, Carlton did a power of work and didn’t get the rewards, this not fit enough is not right I saw real effort from the Blues, but they have some albatrosses that need murdering. For every great thing Cripps does, he murders momentum with his turnovers, McKay [censored] the guy is an oversized witches hat. These ‘leaders’ are the NQR, I’ve posted before that when our leaders wouldn’t take their set shots etc it undermined the confidence of the young blokes, I think that same thing is happening at Carlton. Happy enough for North, Parker having a real Indian summer in his career such a weapon when he is on. Curtis just added some dollars to his contract, some big game moments there.

Time to start the relocate Carlton to NZ/NT rumour I reckon, they’re a blight on the competition..

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

Interesting to see McVee playing as a lockdown on Rankine. Didn’t he leave Melbourne because he wanted to not be a lockdown defender?

Who couldn’t see that coming from a mile away? Remember Jeremy Howe sooking off to Collingwood because they promised him forward line time? Played half a season as a forward before they worked out he did his best work as a defender.

Players who think they are better than they are get sold the “grass is greener” opportunity pitch, then end up just doing what they did before because it turns out, the original club knew their limitations.

2 hours ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

You have to feel sorry for the long suffering Carlton supporters.

Said nobody ever.

Hahahaha 😁😁🥂🥂😁😁

22 minutes ago, DubDee said:

4-5 of their best out

actually with the 2 late changes, you are right

15 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Who couldn’t see that coming from a mile away? Remember Jeremy Howe sooking off to Collingwood because they promised him forward line time? Played half a season as a forward before they worked out he did his best work as a defender.

Players who think they are better than they are get sold the “grass is greener” opportunity pitch, then end up just doing what they did before because it turns out, the original club knew their limitations.

Yeh but it goes both ways.

Look at Toby Bedford.

Goody gave him I think one opportunity, maybe two. Never played him again.

He left and he starts every week for GWS.

So it comes down to favorites too/politics.

1 hour ago, The heart beats true said:

Freo have the team for sure. They really need to be aiming to finish top 4 this year. Their list doesn’t have any holes.

Their issues are leadership and mentality

5 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Yeh but it goes both ways.

Look at Toby Bedford.

Goody gave him I think one opportunity, maybe two. Never played him again.

He left and he starts every week for GWS.

So it comes down to favorites too/politics.

Bedford played 18 games for us.

Couldn’t get a game in a premiership team. No shame in that.

Just like Jordon/Harmes etc. When you are successful you lose good players on the fringes

4 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Yeh but it goes both ways.

Look at Toby Bedford.

Goody gave him I think one opportunity, maybe two. Never played him again.

He left and he starts every week for GWS.

So it comes down to favorites too/politics.

That’s a bit different though. Bedford was clearly behind a glut of other like types, including ANB, Chandler etc. He didn’t get tonnes of opportunities, but at the time we were hot off a flag, pressing for another one, and it was a hard team to get in to.

McVee was a best 22 player who was clearly already being given every opportunity of success. The idea that he’d jump in to Freo as a running half back when they’ve already got the likes of Clark etc was ridiculously and obviously naive in my opinion.

1 minute ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Yeh but it goes both ways.

Look at Toby Bedford.

Goody gave him I think one opportunity, maybe two. Never played him again.

He left and he starts every week for GWS.

So it comes down to favorites too/politics.

I reckon McVee was very different to Bedford. Toby wanted more of a go. McVee was given his. Nobody wanted him and we gave him his only shot in the rookie draft. Put a year of development into him and then gave him every opportunity at senior level.

He repaid us by stringing us along, not signing the contract he said he was going to sign, and then requesting a move to the club that was 5 minutes drive from his junior club - but never looked at him once.

As others have said, he’s the new Howe.

fair comeback from the crom

Gee some quarter by the crows

32 minutes ago, DubDee said:

4-5 of their best out

Curtin, Laird, Hinge, Ah- Chee, Butts, Keane, Draper and Cumming that I can recall.